What do you miss the most about "the internet of old"?

[vulonkaaz's iconvulonkaaz]

i miss when i could just download stuff off websites without having to do military-grade wizardry to circumvent anti-bots measures

can't even download a music on youtube without updating yt-dlp daily and being logged in
can't even watch stuff in a private window anymore ("Sign in to prove you're not a bot" kind of bs)
can't even browse reddit from a phone cause they nuked third party apps (maybe that's a good thing, that i can't browse on my phone)

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all the rest, forums and stuff simple HTML and stuff, never died the community is just smaller

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no there's one thing i miss actually GARFIELD DOT COM NICKELODEON NUKED THAT WEBSITE FOR NOTHING NO REASON AT ALL I WISH THEY GO BANKRUPT FOR DESTROYING SUCH A HUGE MONUMENT OF THE CYBERSPACE

 

[Another Iori]

• Not being forced to censor swear words on YouTube, because otherwise the algorithm automatically deletes your entire comment.

• To share personal information openly without the fear of being victimized by telemarketers, scammers or mentally disabled criminals.

• Browsing the web with a peaceful and carefree mind, before finding out you're being recorded for everything you search, find, publish or talk about too close to your phone (as if you were a mob boss or something).